MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Book Sense Compiles Best of the Best List NEW YORK, NY/04/08/04Book Sense has compiled a list of the most popular books of the past five years from its Book Sense 76 lists, calling the list the "Best of the Best Books."...
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Vatican Permits BYU to Publish Ancient Texts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Vatican Permits BYU to Publish Ancient Texts PROVO, UTAH/04/03/04Brigham Young University will release 14,000 pages of scanned Syriac Christian writings on DVD in May 2004, with the blessings of the Vatican. The treasured...
April 1 – 15, 2004 Financial
Publishing News Financial News April 1-15, 2004 Edition FINANCIAL NEWS Scholastic Reports 9 Percent Increase in Third Quarter Revenue NEW YORK, NY/03/16/04Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL - News) has announced a 9 percent increase in revenues for the third fiscal...
April 1 – 15, 2004 Book Deals
Publishing News Book Deals April 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Book Deals for Late March These deals and more are reported for mid to late March, 2004. Look for more deals in our next Authorlink edition, courtesy of PublishersLunch.com. Deals are rated as follows:...
April 1 – 15, 2004
Publishing News General News April 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Book Industry Reaffirms Policy Calling for Single Bar Code for All Books NEW YORK, NY/03/22/04The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) recently reaffirmed the Product Identification Policy Statement...
Millbrook Press to Sell Roaring Brook Press to Holtzbrinck Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Millbrook Press to Sell Roaring Brook Press to Holtzbrinck Publishers BROOKFIELD, CT/04/02/04—The Millbrook Press, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Roaring Brook Press imprint. The proposed purchaser is...
Publishing Sales Pick up in February
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Pick up in February NEW YORK, NY/3/30/04February publishing sales compensated for January losses, righting the course for 2004. Numbers improved in all but three categories tracked by the Association of...
Bertelsmann Says Random House Revenue Decline Due to Dollar’s Value
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann Says Random House Revenue Decline Due to Dollar's Value LONDON/03/30/04Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House today reported a decline in revenues to 1.78 billion euros in 2003, from 2.0 billion euros...
April 1 – 15, 2004 People
Publishing News People April 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Penguin Canada Names New Delhi's Davidar as Publisher 03/27/2004In a surprise move this week, Penguin Books Canada named New Delhi native David Davidar as publisher of the Canadian operation. Davidar, 44, had...
Harry Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Sees Profits Soar 38 Percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Harry Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Sees Profits Soar 38 Percent LONDON/03/25/04UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing, plc, publisher of the Harry Potter series, reported a pre-tax profit of £15.4m ($28.4m) for the year ending...
